Unable to transition issue in Active Sprint

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Summary

Problem

When user transition issue to status A to status B in Active Sprint view, the issue status is updated in the issue page but the issue did not move to the intended column.

Diagnosis

  1. Check whether all the statuses of workflow is mapped in the board's column.

  2. Check whether statuses have the right transition to intended status (Eg: In Progress -> Done)

Cause

Missing transition caused the issue failed to be transitioned to the intended column.

Solution

Resolution

Open the workflow used by the affected issues/project by going to Settings -> Issue -> Workflow and add a transition from the status where the affected issue current set to the status where user would like to transition. Please refer to the documentation below on how you can configure workflow and transitions: Working with workflows

Updated on April 2, 2025

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